01070 - Urology (L-Z)

Learning outcomes

The aim of the course is to give to the student the essential theoretical and practical knowledge of the main primitive and secondary diseases of the genito-urinary tract,  with the objective to give the follows elements: correct theoretical and methodological approach to urological and andrological primary and secondary disease; differentiate clinical scenarios and knowledge of prevention, diagnosis, clinical presentation, decision making process and possible complications. At the end of the course the student would know the basic information concerning the main urological and andrological disease, as well as the biochemical, imaging and clinical test involved in the diagnosis and treatment process. Thanks to the attendance to training courses and elective mono-thematic courses (robotic surgey in urology), at the end of the course the student will gain the theoretical-practical bases helpful to correctly diagnose and treat the diseases

Course contents

Program (epidemiology, from diagnosis to treatment)

1. prostate cancer
2. renal cancer (malignant, benign, cysts according to Bosniak classification)
3. bladder cancer (superficial, invasiv, urinary diversion)
4. testicular cancer
5. Upper urinary tract neoplasm
6. benigne prostatic hyperplasia (BPH)
7. laser in BPH treatment
8. urinary incontinence
9. urological syndromes
10. urinary lithiasis
11. erectile disfunction
12. male infertility
13. varicocele, scrotal pathology
    
14. Ureteropelvic Junction (UPJ) Obstruction, pyeloplasty
15. robotic surgery for kidney, prostate, bladder tumors and UPJ obstruction
16. penis cancer
17. urethral cancer
18. urinary tract infections
19. phisiology of micturation

 

Readings/Bibliography

1. Campbell-Walsh Urology 11th Edition Review E-Book (English Edition)
2. Manuale di urologia e andrologia. Con DVD,
   Pacini Editore, 2009, ISBN 8877819901, 9788877819901 Lunghezza 412 pagine
3. Chirurgia specialistica di Minni • 2022
4. Manuale di urologia e andrologia di AAVV - Collegio dei Professori Universitari di Prima Fascia di Urologia in Ruolo • 2010

Teaching methods

frontal lessons

internship at: traditional, robotic and endoscopic operating room (pavilion 1 malpighi hospital) and open / robotics room (pavilion 5 s. orsola hospital)

internship in the hospital ward and urological clinics (divisional surgery, urological emergency room, cystoscopy, prostate biopsy, urodynamics)

Assessment methods

oral exam with one or to question on a general argument of the program

The purpose of the oral exam is to verify the student's ability to apply his or her knowledge and to make the necessary logical-deductive connections.

 

Gradation of the final grade:

preparation on a very limited number of topics covered in the course and analytical skills that emerge only with the help of the teacher, expressed in an overall correct language → 18-19; Preparation on a limited number of topics covered in the course and ability to autonomous analysis only on purely executive matters, expression in correct language → 20-24; Preparation on a large number of topics covered in the course, ability to make independent choices of critical analysis, mastery of specific terminology → 25-29; Basically exhaustive preparation on the topics covered in the course, ability to make autonomous choices of critical analysis and connection, full mastery of specific terminology and ability to argue and self-reflection → 30-30L.

Teaching tools

The students have also the possibility of performing a small training at the console of the surgical robot using the simulator or at the pelvic trainer for laparoscopic surgery

For this purpose, send a mail to riccardo.schiavina3@unibo.it in order to plan the training during the course

Links to further information

https://www.unibo.it/sitoweb/riccardo.schiavina3/contenuti-utili/e002329e

Office hours

See the website of Riccardo Schiavina